If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB event and invite me – two weeks in advance. My FB “events” are the one place I’ll go to every time – if you invite me before I post.
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below. I am no longer able to add events to the list about which I was not informed in advance – it’s just gotten too big, and that’s a good thing. Staying true to the scope of the blog, I’ll only list downtown or near-downtown events. Any number of venues outside of downtown have some great events, but I have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to add those in a comment, that’s fine. Please “Friend” me (Alan Sims) on Facebook and invite me to your events. Look over to the right of this post and not only “friend” me, but “like” Inside of Knoxville. Subscribe (also to the right) to make sure you catch all the posts.
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Sunday, December 27
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Thelma and the Sleaze/Dirty Knees, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Monday, December 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jericho Woods /Josiah Atchley, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Paint Night: End of the Year Fun, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Caroline Cotter/Andrew Tufano, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, December 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Macon Mahem, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $8 – $34
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- The Vonneguts, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Bath Salt Zombies, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- The Paper Crowns, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Dude Fuckin Whatever/Maspeth/Coffinwomb, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, December 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Peewee Moore /Sparkle Motion, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Pints and Poses, Yoga and Beer, Hops and Hollers, 6:30 PM, $5 Suggested Donation
- Chuck Mullican Jazz Bonanza, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Scruffy Cinepub, Scifi Classics, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Josiah and the Greater Good, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, December 31
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Ellis /Urban Pioneers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Count This Penny, Grujo’s German Food/Special Release Beer, Crafty Bastard New Year’s Eve Party, 7:00 PM (Music, 8:00 PM)
- Diamonds and Martinis: 10th Annual New Years Eve Party, Sapphire, 7:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10 cover and packages ranging from $99 to $399
- Annual New Year’s Eve Potluck with Damn Creeps, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM, Free
- Alive After Five presents Jenna and Her Cool Friends Final Performance, Includes all-night dinner buffet, Knoxville Museum of Art, 8:00 PM, Cost Unknown
- Masquerade Ball, Armada, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM
- New Years Eve at the International, Bands/DJs, 8:30 PM, $7 – $120
- Royal Bangs, Zach and Kota’s Sweet Life, Guy Marshall, New Years Eve Party, Barley’s, 9:00 PM, $5
- Official KnoxFoodie New Year’s Eve Party, Free Appetizers/Cash Bar, Upstairs Holly’s 135, 9:00 PM, RSVP Requested
- Final Lil’ Iffy Show, Scruffy City Hall, Crumbsnatchers (9:00 PM – 10:30), Lil’ Iffy (11:00 PM – 12:30 AM), $15
- New Year’s Eve Doggie Ball, Canines welcome, dress them up, $1 Champagne, Jamaican Fusion Buffet, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10
- Bethany Hankins (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Grandpa’s Stash/Just Say Maybe/Radio Birds, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Banditos, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, $5
- New Year’s Eve on the Square, Music and Countdown, Market Square, Ball Drop at Midnight
Friday, January 1
- Calhoun’s New Year’s Day 5K/Walk, Neyland Drive, 9:00 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Caroline Cotter / Handsome & The Humbles, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Mississippi River Kings, Civic Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 – $34
- The Cosmic Situation, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Spacetrain, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Josh Daniel-Mark Schimick Project, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mark Kilianski / Tim & Jodi Harbin, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Chalwa/CJ Boyd, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Appleseed Collective, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Sunday, January 3
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Downton Abbey Advanced Screening, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, Free
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Aether Realm/Wildrun/White Stag, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $6
Monday, January 4
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sydni Stinnett / Jimmy Morris, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday, Organ, plus Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- QED Comedy Lab, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM
- Big Bad Oven/Joey Molinaro/Criswell Collective (Acoustic Set), Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $5
- Fireside Collective, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 5
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Courtney Holder / Trae Pierce & The T-Stone Band, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Bldg, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Trae Pierce/The T-Stone Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Barley’s, 10:00 PM